The U8 snoRNA gene family: Identification and characterization of distinct, functional U8 genes in Xenopus

Gene

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 83-92

  Peculis, Brenda A ^a   DeGregorio, Suzanne ^b   McDowell, Kathi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Oocyte; Pre ribosomal RNA processing; Ribosomal RNA; Ribosome biogenesis; Sequence heterogeneity; Small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein particle; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0035934218     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00596-0     Document Type: Article

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